#Excerpt: CAUGHT UP IN YOU by Sophie Swift

Then Blake meets twenty-two-year-old Lia Smart, the owner
of the restaurant where he’s just been hired. Lia is different from
Blake’s usual conquests. She’s beautiful, shy, and guarded, with just a
hint of loneliness in her eyes. The only problem is, Lia refuses to
see Blake as anything more than just a flirtatious bartender.

But
everything changes when Lia’s sexy and assertive older sister, Alex,
comes back into town. Alex and Lia have always had
a complicated relationship, made even more complicated by the fact that
they are clearly in love with the same man. Before long, Blake finds
himself the pawn in a high stakes game of forbidden love and dangerous
emotions, caught between two sisters who could both easily break his
heart.

*Contains adult language and situations*

CAUGHT UP IN YOU is a companion novella to be enjoyed before or after reading OUT FROM UNDER YOU, or as a stand-alone story.

I couldn’t be sure but I swore I heard her voice slur
slightly on the last word. My hopes instantly rose. Tipsy Lia would be a lot
more willing to take clothes off than sober Lia. That I could be sure of.

“I don’t have a deal,” I insisted.

She squinted. “Oh, you so
have a deal. All guys like you have a deal.”

“How many times are we going to say the word deal? Should we
turn it into a drinking game? Make things interesting?” I flagged down the
waitress and ordered a Jack and Coke. Lia asked for the same.

“Do you always drink Jack and Coke?” I asked.

She shrugged. “Maybe.”

I laughed. “Are you trying to be mysterious?”

Her eyes twinkled. “Maybe.”

She stayed silent and we stared each other down like two
kids having a contest.

“I’m waiting,” she finally prompted.

“For me to kiss you?” I asked presumptuously, making her
giggle. “Because that’s a little difficult with you all the way on the other
side of the table. But I’ll give it a shot if you want.”

I cleared away the empty shot glasses between us, like I was
going to sprawl myself right across this table.

“For you to tell me your deal,” she corrected.

I pounded the table with my fist. “Damn. We don’t have our
drinks yet. That’s one extra sip for you.”

When she didn’t respond, I added, “Why don’t you tell me
what you think my deal is.”

“Oh, I already know.”

I feigned surprise. “You do?”

She nodded. “I do.”

The waitress delivered our drinks and I took a sip of mine,
prompting Lia to take an obligatory swallow of her own. She did.

I sat back. “Okay, let’s hear it.”

“You’re a bartender,” she began.

I pursed my lips in mock appreciation. “Oooh, perceptive. I
like that in a woman.”She
ignored my jab and continued. “You do it because you like the attention.”

“What attention?” I asked. “You ignore me all night.”

“From other women.
I see the way they look at you. You could have any girl in this room.”

Sophie
Swift is an east coast girl who recently transplanted to Southern
California. She writes about sexy boys by day, and dates them by night.
Her sizzling, new adult romance, OUT FROM UNDER YOU, the first in a new
contemporary series, was released in August of 2013. She loves books
that quicken her pace, music sung by adolescent boys, and cupcakes with
too much frosting. Visit her online at: www.SophieSwift.comTwitter: @bySophieSwiftFacebook: SophieSwiftBooksGoodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7155391.Sophie_Swift

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